The Previa was Toyota’s sorry response to Chrysler’s minivans. They took a Japanese market cargo/delivery van and throw some seats in it, and sent it to our market. Sadly this was the same response that all the major automakers had on their first try to compete with Chrysler. It was just bad and not bada$$.
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That van was a mechanical mess. With the way the engine was mounted, it had an oil reservoir under the hoodlet that sucked oil to the engine when it needed it because you couldn't get to the engine. I had a customer that thought because of that it didn't need oil changes and 40,000 miles later it threw a rod. The A/C lines for the rear air run in the headliner to the rear so if there were issues you had to drop it to fix anything, which was common place on them. It is a nightmare to work on them. Even with the supercharger, they were slugs. Not one of Toyotas finest moments.
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Wow my neighbor had one of these when I was a kid in middle school, he owned some plumbing company. And this was the company van, weird but it always worked except in the snow when he would always get stuck (what did I know then) . It was that same exact color. I never knew it was RWD until this moment. Might have been sweet to drive.
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When I was younger I thought it was neat in that it was such an aerodynamic shape compared to anything else on the road really. My nieghbor had one, and he didn't like it when all of us neighborhood kids started calling it a jelly bean.

I think it is funny that they used one in "Juno."
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Yeah, but does it have RWD and mid engine??
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I initially thought this thread was a joke or bait thread, since I don't know of anyone who hasn't heard of the Previa. Sadly, I know of it. The Previa is a ghastly, ugly, uninspiring POS. The Previa has got to be one of the ugliest minivans ever produced. I was so glad when Toyota discontinued it. I know a lot of Hispanics in my area love the Previa as used minivans. I wouldn't dare touch one with a ten foot pole.
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